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John August ‘94 will write the film adaptation of R.J. Palacio’s bestselling pre-teen novel Wonder.

Victoria Aveyard ’12 has signed with Benderspink and received her first feature rewrite assignment. She is also working with producers to develop a teen novel.

Peter Brown ’95 won an Emmy Award for Sound Editing for his work on HBO’s Game of Thrones.

Jaclyn Chan ’09 is the head writer of The Kitchen Musical, a pan-Asian musical drama that has been awarded International Emmys in Best Actor and Best Drama Series, as well as Gold for Writing at New York Festivals. Other writers who worked on the show are: Brian Samuel Davis ’08; Lisa Di Trolio ’08; Omaira Galarza ’08; and Simon McNabb ’08.

Joey Chavez ’05 has been named on The Hollywood Reporter’s Next Generation Honoree List for 2012.

Ariana Delawari ’02 has premiered her documentary We Came Home, about her travels to Afghanistan in the years after 9/11, at the 2012 AFI Film Festival. The film also won the Jury Award for Best Documentary Film at the Sao Paulo International Film Festival.